Metaphorical Collage and Image Layering

Patrick LoCicero is featured in numerous galleries across the country as well as in important private and public collections internationally including The Dayton Art Museum, The San Francisco Legion of Honor, Swedish Medical Center, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Trinity University, Oregon Health Sciences University, The University of Washington Medical Center, The San Francisco International Airport, The California LEF Foundation, and Croner International, Paris France as well as the Dicke Family Collection in Ohio and the Sarah Berger Family Collection in Delmar, CA. In addition, he has done numerous commissions for multinational companies. His work has been reviewed in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times, The Washington Post, Art News, Art Week, Nashville Arts Magazine and Arts ltd. He has been awarded a Maryland State Arts Award and a San Francisco Artist Relocation grant. He received BFA from The Ohio State University and his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He is currently adjunct faculty at Cornish College of the Arts and an instructor at Gage Academy of Art.

The following is a list of suggested collage materials. You can use some of these or add to them, we will experiment with varying mediums, sub- straights to incorporate and integrate ephemera with painting.

Old Art reproductions

Engravings

Posters

Bills

Receipts

Price tags

Labels

Catalogs

Magazines

Newspapers

Comic strips

Greeting cards

Corrugated card board

Packing materials

Diaries

Journals

Dress patterns

Sheet music

Foil papers

Wall paper

Letters

Envelopes

Postcards

Stamps

Maps

Dried leaves, flowers

Travel folders

Photographs

Playing cards

Shopping bags

Ticket stubs

Programs

Tissue paper

Wrapping paper

Pages from old books

Cloth

Learn the processes and skills needed to energize and make the surfaces of your paintings complex, nuanced and rich with meaning. Explore the historical tradition of collage from Schwitters to contemporary mixed media artists, and use the art of metaphor through collage. Through the process of mixed media, found object, and collage, we will explore various background layering techniques in order to create rich and textured relationships.